A FAMILLE ROSE 'PROVINCES' CHARGER

CIRCA 1720

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'PROVINCES' CHARGER
CIRCA 1720
En suite with the preceding, with the arms of Uytrecht flanked by figures within a baroque architectural frame flanked by ladies in niches, the well by an underglaze blue trellis pattern band reserved with vignettes of crabs, shrimps and carp, the rim reserved with cartouches enclosing alternately a lady by a waterfront and branches of flowering prunus
17¼ in. (44 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The famille rose version of this series of dishes, the most elaborate of the four 'Provinces' types, demonstrates the continued desirability of the pattern as the 1720s decade continued and rose enamel was introduced.

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